Device for cooling handkerchiefs.



J. C. DOLGONAS.

DEVICE FOR cooums HANDKERCHIEFS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.6. I914.

1,151,573. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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JOHN C. IDOLGONAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T SAMUEL S.

DOLGONAS AND TWO-THIRDS T0 HIMSELF, BOTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR COOLING HANDK'ERCIIIEFS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.31, 1915.

Application filed November 6, 1914. Serial No. 870,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J0HN C. DOLGONAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ,Devices for Cooling Handkerchiefs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accom anying drawings.

y invention relates to devices for cooling handkerchiefs, and it has for its object the provision of a new and improved form and construction of device for this purpose. In

. many cases of illness involving congestion,

fevers or headaches, it is highly important that properly cooled handkerchiefs or other appropriatecloths be applied to the afi'e'cted parts for the relief of the patient. In many instances it is practically impossible for the nurse or other attendant to change the cooling cloth as often as is necessary for the best results, and it has therefore been my object to provide a cooling device which can be placed within convenient reach of a patient and which will retain its efliciency for a considerable length of time, the arrangement of the device being such that the patient himselfcan readily procure a properly cooled cloth for making the necessary change. The means by which I have accomplished this result are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter specifically de scribed. That which I believe to be new is set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa side view of my improved device, showing one side of the device opened; Fig. 2 is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1 as seen from the left in said figure; Fig. 3 is a side view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the device in normal closed condition, the parts being broken away at one corner to better illustrate the construction; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. I

In the drawings, 10 indicates a cylinder closed at one end and having a cap 11 removably mounted upon its other end by means of screw threads. .The cylinder 10 is provided at each end with a pair of standards 12-13 by which it is adapted tobe sup ported in proper position upon a table or any other level support. The cylinder 10 is also provided with bars 14-45 suitably attached thereto at its ends and rising there said'bars being turned at their upper ends for engaging a chair back or other suitable support. Near their upper ends the bars l415 nally-extending bar 16. As best shown in Fig. 2, the bars 1l-15 are provided with strips 17 of velvet, rubber, or other suitable material, for affording a proper bearing of the bars 1415 upon the chair or other support from which the device is hung. The cylinder 10 is also provided with two lugs 1819, near its ends, adapted to support a longitudinally-extending pivot-pin 20. Pivotally mounted upon. the pin 20 are two semi-cylindrical plates 21-22 adapted to be closed down about the cylinder 10, as shown in Figs. '3 and 4, between the flanges 10 and 10 extending from said cylinder. As will be readily understood, either of the plates 21-22 can be opened up into position above the cylinder 10 so as to permit free access to said cylinder. In Figs. 1 and 2 the bars 1415 are shown broken away at'points intermediate their ends, indicating that the upper ends of said bars, together with the longitudinally-extending bar 16, are shown in lowered position relative to the cylinder 10 compared to the position normally occupied by such bars. In practice, the bar 16 is to be located sufliciently above the cylinder 10 to permit the semi-cylindrical plate 22 to be turned upward above the cylinder so as to be held by its own weight in raised position, as will be readily understood. Each of the plates 21-22 is rolled at its free edge whereby said plate is adapted to be held yieldingly inv closed position by its engagement with a spring-clip device 23 depending from the bottom of the cylinder 10 at about its middle point.

In use, the cylinder 10 is to be filled with ice or some other suitable cooling agent, thecap 11 being temporarily removed for this purpose. A plurality of handkerchiefs, towels, or other suitable cloths, such as 24:, are then to be placed in position upon the cylinder 10, after which the semi-cylindrical plates 2122 are to be closed'down about the cylinder 10 and the cloths mounted thereon. The device as a whole can then be placed upon a table or other suitabledevice within convenient reach of the patient, or it can be hung from the back of a chair by means of the bars lei-15, if desired. A drain-pipe 26 is provided at one end of the cylinder 10 adapted to be closed by a cap are connected by a longitudi- 27 secured by means of screw threads upon the pipe 26. As will be readily understood, upon the removal'of the cap 27 any surplus of water accumulating in the cylinder 10 as the ice melts therein may be drained off.

By the use of my device there is provided a plurality of properly cooled cloths within convenient reach of a patient, who is enabled to take from the device successively the several cloths contained therein. Even if the patient is too sick or too weak to replace the cloths in position upon the cylinde'r 10, there is at least a supply of cooled cloths ready for his use for some little time, so that the attendant is enabled to give comparatively much more time to other duties than would be the case if the device were not used.

y drical plates 21-22 substantially inclosing the cylinder 10 except at its ends and forming chambers about the cylinder between the flanges 10' and 10", the contents of the cylinder is in effect insulated from the atmosphere of the room, whereby the cooling agent is protected from the warmth of the room and the efiiciency of the device is thus maintained.

As will be readily understood, by means of my improved device I am enabled to properly cool handkerchiefs or other suitable cloths for the relief of fevers or congestion, whether such cloths are dampened as they ordinarily are in practice or whether they'are kept in a dry condition, as would in some cases be preferable.

reason of the use of the semi-cylin- While I have shown the enveloping or covering plates or hoods 21-22 in semicylindrical form so as to inclose the entire periphery of the cylinder 10, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular construction except as hereinafter specifically claimed.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent, is,

1. A cloth-cooling device comprising acylinder adapted to'contain a cooling agent and semi-cylindrical plates pivotally mounted on said cylinder and adapted when closed to surroundsaid cylinder but spaced a short distance from the walls thereof, the space between said cylinder and said plates being adapted to receive a plurality of cloths for cooling purposes. i

,2. A cloth-cooling device comprising a cylinder adapted to contain a cooling agent,

said plates from opposite directions for. holding the plate yieldingly in position relative to the cylinder.

7 JOHN C. DOLGONAS.

Witnesses:

SAM S. DOLGONAS, W. H. DE BUSK. 

